Because of Concubine Shu's interference, Meng Guiyu didn't know much about what happened during the time when Meng Guiyu was mistakenly in the imperial city.
It was almost known that the ambush of Gongsun Xi failed and he was allowed to break through the siege and escape.
But he knew nothing about the relationship between this man and Queen Meng, especially the fact that he rescued Queen Meng from the trap.
So at that time, Meng Guiyu had no connection at all with Meng Li and Rong Shuihe.
But it's not okay to say that he was wrong and had no other suspicions about the three people. After all, Meng Boqin, the heir of Zheng Hou, defected to Ruru with his family, and they all died. Since Meng Boqin didn't know whether Meng Guiyu would seize the Meng family's legacy and design himself to defect to the enemy country, he didn't forget to send someone to report the news to Queen Mother Meng before leaving, so as to trick his cousin, then who knows about Meng Lisan in front of him? Man, is it also that cousin’s leg pen
Furthermore, Meng Guiyu was not clear about Queen Meng's status in the Meng family.
Although the empress was the legitimate daughter of Marquis Zheng, she was of no importance in Marquis Zheng's mind. She knew almost none of Meng's confidants!
The origins of Meng Li and others are all untrue!
If Meng Guiyu doesn't doubt Rong Suihe, isn't there the Gaomi King who just killed the Meng family and all his accomplices, leaving them bleeding and drifting away? Could Queen Meng have fallen into the lap of King Gaomi? What if King Gaomi, seeing that Lin Yuan could not be attacked for a long time, used the queen to insert his confidants into Lin Yuan to cooperate with others
At this moment, seeing Meng Li and the other three being impassioned and unwilling to work with Zheng Houmendong, who had come to seek refuge before, he couldn't help but wonder if he had guessed wrong, and the person in front of him was not Zheng Hou's confidant at all
Because he had a bad relationship with Zheng Hou's roommate, he didn't know the details of his fault with Zheng Hou. Of course, among the people gathered at that time, there were also confidants of Zheng Hou who had told him something about Zheng Hou's family background, but Zheng Hou had been in power for decades, and his background was not at all what Meng Guiyu could do in a short period of time. Most of the people who took over, not to mention those who defected to Ruming, were the other two wives of the Meng family.
Therefore, Meng Guiyu could not accurately judge in a short period of time whether Meng Li and the others belonged to Zheng Hou's command, or whether he had malicious intentions.
Yandong didn't have the time to let the three men of Meng Li and the old people of Zheng Hou distinguish each other's authenticity.
If there is a little doubt in his heart, he will have the intention to kill.
However, then I thought about it, Meng Li and the other three looked young, so it would not be surprising if they were at the height of their brainwashing by the Meng family. Moreover, even if the King of Gaomi was not sent here, if King Gaomi of the Ming Dynasty could not defeat Linyuan, Meng Guiyu actually could not defeat Chang'an. Originally, according to Damu's foundation, the stalemate would only last for a while.
But if Meng Boqin rebelled against Ruru, he would force Ruru to fight from northern Xinjiang. Although the news of the defeat had just been received, everyone with a discerning eye knew that if the situation in Chang'an did not change, Ruru would march to the east of the city. It doesn't happen in the blink of an eye.
Meng Guiyu felt that if Meng Li and the others were from the east side of Gaomi Wangji, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to exploit them
Thinking about that, he smiled and praised the loyalty of the three of them, and said: "In that case, then I can't think of a place to place us for a while... And in that case, let me think about it carefully after I go back, let's go first Stay calm here."
After he went back, he asked his brother Meng Guihan how to discuss the matter, not to mention Meng Li. After watching him leave, he confirmed that no one was watching around, and said, "Did we play well just now?" Are you dead? If you integrate into his army a month earlier, can you find someone a month earlier?"
The leader, Meng Li, listened to the words of his two companions, but shook his head: "I came to his command one month earlier, and was sent by him one month earlier... We are new arrivals, and we haven't fully verified our identities. What urgent things can we do? Son? Is it possible to see the Sea Lord and the others for sure? It is possible that we are doing some non-essential errands in a heavily guarded place, but it will be delayed."
Meng Yi said: "But we are left there now, unfamiliar with the place..."
"Isn't it the Queen's side?" Meng Li said softly, "For that errand, could the Queen personally invite me? To put it bluntly, the Queen's enthusiasm for this matter at that time was probably very different from ours. Here she is! Her identity is different from ours. When she gets there, it is much more convenient for her to move and ask questions than us! Let’s just come at dawn, so we don’t want to arouse suspicion. Why don’t we wait for the news from over there!”
In fact, Queen Meng had already received the news about Gongsun Su and his party at that time. The reason why it was so fast may have something to do with Kang Gui's behavior of ruining beautiful palace maids everywhere.
The queen picked the flowers with Xuyin and Luxin and went back to Chengluan Palace. After talking for a while with the Queen Mother Meng who had just gotten up from a nap, she saw that the Queen Mother was getting tired, so she persuaded the Queen Mother to go and rest for a while.
Empress Dowager Meng patted Chi Zuosi's leg and said, "The empress has just arrived. The Ai family has cared about her for the past two months. She was confused and didn't tell her anything about the situation in Linyuan during those two months. I Let’s do it for you!”
When Chizuo Si Liudong came to tell Queen Meng about the current situation in Linyuan, the first sentence reminded her to take a fancy to the two palace ladies, Luyin and Luixin: "Since they are not people from Zhenghou Liudong, they followed me at that time. It just so happened that none of my confidant palace maids were brought out. Those two people are both capable and understanding, and their appearance is not bad either, but they have to take care of the one who doesn’t make a mess!"
At that time, Queen Meng was very worried about whether she was talking about Shu Zhaoyi, so she sighed: "Qi Si, don't I know this palace?" I have never taken the initiative to provoke the Shu sisters. However, those two are asking for trouble, what can I do? Just stay away, so as not to disturb your aunt's purity. "
"Your Majesty has misunderstood this slave!" Chi Zuosi went to say, "Besides, the Shu sisters have suffered retribution. The imperial concubine's death is not known, and Zhaoyi no longer dotes on her as before because of the imperial concubine's death. With his posture, he was fighting fiercely with Peng Baolin and other concubines for favor!"
"Not to mention that if I have time to bother my empress, I don't have the leisure time. Ru Ming doesn't have the confidence!"
He lowered his voice and said, "What my servant said is that he is the subordinate of Marquis Chongxin!"
"Chongxin Hou Huidong?" Empress Meng was surprised and said, "Before, I heard from Luzai and others that Sixth Brother's confinement period accepted many people from our family... How dare those people come here? Are you messing around in the forest garden?"
Chi Zuosi said with a complicated expression: "Isn't it just chaos? Your Majesty has just come back, so I didn't find that before, in the Linyuan, not only did the palace maids fill the Spring Palace with flowers, but at least among the people serving everywhere, there were always a few who were particularly red and handsome. Yes. If the palace maids had not asked for good looks and no disabilities when selecting, I would have been left with a room full of ugly women!"
Seeing that the queen was puzzled, she sighed, "I don't know what Marquis Chongxin thinks? That Kang Gui is obviously not a member of our Meng family at all! I asked him to be used before, but I probably had to let him do whatever he wanted. . At that time, our Meng family gradually gathered people, and it was obvious that there was no shortage of people. He did not agree and did his own thing... Regarding those things, Manager Didong was very concerned about the overall situation at first and refused to make any announcement!"
"Later on, more and more palace maids were played to death, so much so that when the Queen Mother asked for replacements, she couldn't find too many people to choose from. The slaves became suspicious and questioned her harshly, only to find out the clues!"
"Because I was afraid that the Queen Mother would be angry when she found out about it... I was so bold that I never dared to report it to the Queen Mother!"
Chi Zuosi smiled bitterly and said, "No, when you come back and you have a noble status, then Kang Gui will take the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's courage, and he will definitely not dare to touch you. But if Lu Yin and Lu Xin don't The two of you... must never leave you alone in the future!"
Empress Meng didn't know Kang Gui's origin at this moment, and asked doubtfully: "Qi Si, where is Kang Gui's origin? Sixth brother is wrong for his such indulgence, even for such filthy and chaotic things in the palace." Let him do whatever he wants? "
"If something like that happens, is there any good way out?" "Chi Zuosi sneered, "The pirates in front of Tortoiseshell Island... It is said that the person who was a close colleague in the west had done a lot of burning, killing and looting before. Did he have an old problem at that time? ! "
"!!!" Empress Meng, who originally thought that she would only be able to find out a few words in a thrilling way, was stunned for a moment, and finally said hurriedly to cover up, "Sixth brother actually knows how to use the pirates of Tortoiseshell Island?! How can that be possible? ? How can those people, who have such a good relationship with Prince Mi Zhen, concentrate on working for us? Even if they say it sincerely, they are probably not using sweet words!"
Because of Empress Dowager Meng, Chi Zuosi had always distrusted the empress. Hearing this, he didn't think much at all and told everything he knew about Kang Gui and others: "Isn't it true? My slaves knew it before. After the incident involving Kang Gui, I watched the Queen Mother resting and quietly went to the Marquis to report it. At that time, I thought that the Marquis didn't know!"
"It turns out that the Marquis explained to his slaves that Kang Gui and several others were the former senior officials of Tortoiseshell Island and were very powerful. If Mingzheng needs to rely on them, there is nothing he can do about it even if some of the palace ladies are sacrificed. Anyway, Ming Zheng needs to rely on them. Tiandong is so big that I can choose a good family to fill it later. I don’t have to worry about having no one to serve the Queen Mother, Bidong and other nobles."
"My servant said that it is really unreasonable. What is the origin of the Buhuang people? Since they have joined the Marquis's command, and they have not been given any salary or money, they should concentrate on their work! Even if they are older and have not gotten married, , If you want someone who knows both coldness and hotness, then you can’t have a match without a matchmaker, or even force the palace maid! And if you have chosen a queen, you should report it to the Queen Mother, and it’s only because of the Queen Mother’s grace!”
"What's more, there is such a big man in Linyuan, and there are thousands of people in the palace. Bidong doesn't even say that he will summon new people every now and then."
"What kind of person is he? He dares to mistreat Bidong's people like that. How is that any different from treason?!"
"How can you expect a person like that to be loyal?"
When Queen Meng heard this, she hurriedly asked, "What did Sixth Brother say? Did he promise to deal with Kang Gui immediately?"
Chi Zuosi's face turned gloomy for a moment before he shook his head and said: "The Marquis said that the situation is tense. To ensure the safety of the Empress Dowager and His Majesty, we must do whatever it takes. Kang Gui may have some shortcomings, but he has great talent. Don’t move lightly.”
He added, "At that time, the servant asked, did Kang Gui, who only ran errands all day long, harass and insult the palace maids everywhere, and how could he not be a great talent? What merits and services did he make that deserved the Marquis's indulgence?! "
"It turns out that the Marquis was vague, saying that it was a military secret that could not be spread to others, but he did not tell this slave a single word of the truth!"
She sighed in disinterest, "When the Meng family was in good times, the Marquis often went to Xinshou Palace to pay his respects. When he saw the slaves, he would ask questions and be very attentive and considerate. Therefore, the slaves thought that even though they were of a lowly status, they were still considered worthy. "Having watched the Marquis brothers and sisters grow up, before I come back, I might as well say something if you dare... Now it seems..."
"It turns out that there are such things!" Queen Meng's expression changed. She was particularly disgusted because she almost suffered the loss of her virginity before the wedding, and she was wrong about that kind of thing. After knowing Kang Gui's behavior, I really felt a little sick in my heart, but Chi Zuosi was so busy complaining about Meng Guiyu that he didn't notice.
At this moment, the Queen calmed down and said, "Qi Simoqiu is sad. Maybe Sixth Brother has not been in a high position before. Now that Ming suddenly has the power, it is inevitable to focus on one thing and lose another. Our safety at that time depends entirely on Sixth Brother. We should be more considerate of him." ! "
Chi Zuosi said with consternation: "Then what's the point of caring about one thing and neglecting the other? It's quite possible that he thought he had great power and no need for slaves and servants, so he showed his true colors?"
But when Queen Meng pointed in the direction of the main hall, she said softly: "It's up to our aunt to decide whether we have the right or not!"
Finally he sighed: "Isn't that what I think?"
"Wrong Secretary, has Kang Gui... been near Chengluan Palace?" The queen's eyes flickered and she asked tentatively, "Where does he usually go? When I go back to send Luyin and Luxin to do things, maybe Avoid it, lest you suffer a loss!"
Chi Zuosi did not doubt that he was there, and said truthfully: "Have he been here before? There was a time when he was being teased by the palace servants who were serving the Queen Mother. He was caught by the slaves and scolded him harshly and left! Later, the slaves sent someone I went to explain to Marquis Chongxin. Marquis Chongxin said he would restrain him, but he never came again. As for his whereabouts during the ordinary months, the servant did not inquire. However, there were people in the palace near and far, including where His Majesty Dong Ruming was stationed, who suffered a loss. , maybe just wandering around when you have free time? Madam, please rest assured, we don’t have enough waiters at that time. Please tell me later if you can send the waiters to do the errands of Chengluan Palace, otherwise you will be afraid of the people around you. There will be danger!”
Empress Meng thanked her and talked about other topics. I heard that Empress Dowager Meng had regained her energy over there. Would you like to go and ask An to accompany her
That day, she finally had dinner with the Queen Mother, and the aunt and nephew had to talk to each other again. Finally, the Queen Mother was tired, and the Queen tiredly returned to the side hall where she lived. She confirmed with her eyes that no one was listening, and then The soft voice conveyed Kang Gui's news with great sincerity.